GM's Volt update (some good news for change)

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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited October 2008
    I travel 18 miles a day in a Subaru. I fill up about every 12-14 days.

    The highest I remember getting our prius up to was 54 mpg. Driving 75 on the highway gets you about 48 mpg.

    I don't think that the 50-60 mpg is that big of a step over what's available now.

    If this new nanotech they are exploring works out for them and then end up with a 120-200 mpg rating I'd definitely reconsider. After reading a little bit more about it, it does seem more appealing to me. I'm still curious as to what Honda and Toyota will crank out though and I wonder if Tesla will be able to drop their prices into a range that competes with the volt.

    Here's the articles I was reading. http://gm-volt.com/
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited October 2008
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    I travel 18 miles a day in a Subaru. I fill up about every 12-14 days.

    The highest I remember getting our prius up to was 54 mpg. Driving 75 on the highway gets you about 48 mpg.

    I don't think that the 50-60 mpg is that big of a step over what's available now.

    If this new nanotech they are exploring works out for them and then end up with a 120-200 mpg rating I'd definitely reconsider. After reading a little bit more about it, it does seem more appealing to me. I'm still curious as to what Honda and Toyota will crank out though and I wonder if Tesla will be able to drop their prices into a range that competes with the volt.

    Here's the articles I was reading. http://gm-volt.com/

    So if you recharged your car twice a week, you would never use any gas. Thats where this car is different than your Prius. You can't beat infinite mpg;)
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited October 2008
    Don't forget you still pay for electricity. I'm sure it's less than petrol, but it's not "free".
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited October 2008
    carpenter wrote: »
    The 80 miles range is only when the car drives on electricity without
    charging the batteries with the gas engine.
    The only thing that drives is the electric engine, the gas engine is just
    a battery charger. this is why 6 - 7 gallons will drive you 400 miles.
    80 miles a ride is not bad for a good 70% of the population.

    It sounds pretty good, and I would consider buying one...

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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited October 2008
    Except I go to school in Maine and as soon as the snow/ice started I bet my batteries would no longer work and I'd be stuck in a snow drift somewhere. Hence the need for my subaru :)

    I'm skeptical about whether they can actually do all they plan on doing before someone else does it better then they do, that's all.
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